Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, If your background were a light gray, a bit darker than the highlights on the lilies, they would look a lot better, although they look very good with the white background. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: [Leica] Difficulties of Calla - lilies /I do do flowers > A few different views of a single Calla Lily - I often do flowers - it > really is incredibly difficult to get anything like the shot Peter posted. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_4_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_2_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_3_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_1_edited_1 > > If I had done this series on film it would have cost me a small fortune > getting it more or less right.This was where I found out the true value > of digital photography > (for me) > Douglas > Technical stuff: Canon 300D (D-Rebel), Yashica Macro 2.8/55mm, colour > converted to BW (photoplugins BW converter, mode APX) > Daylight: diffused backlighting, reflectors,mirror to produce highlights > (4 frames selected from around 300) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >